Title IX Lawsuits

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Most people I've heard don't think House is enforceable because it imposes a salary cap and forces revenue sharing, neither of which were collectively bargained. The DOJ has already made rumblings that they don't think House is legal.

I hate the mess that it is. I really don't want to see Olympic sports go away, but that seems to be the outcome of just about every scenario that isn't illegal. I suppose the best option is for football to have a CBA where they agree to give 1% or 2% o their total revenue to support Olympic sports.

The House settlement is not enforceable and will be challenged in court even more just like what those SFA women did. I don't like the mess either and I don't want to lose Olympic sports but if giving them up allows us to keep the 3 most important sports financially then it will have to be done.

That is a good idea to get them to agree to give a small percentage to those other sports to keep them afloat but two questions on it. Would 1-2% be enough to keep them and would football players be willing to give up some of their money just to keep the other sports? If so, and if women would agree to take that and not keep these Title IX fights, then I would be for it.

There are just 3 things I know for sure here. 1. The House settlement is not going to be the end of this and it won't be enforced at end of day. 2. We will have have a CBA in football eventually. Those who don't like it, including myself, better accept it and deal with the reality. 3. We are not close to being done with all of this yet. Courts take so long so it would not surprise me if it is another 10 years or more before all of this is settled.

Completely agree with 1 and 3, not so sure about 2 yet. It could happen, but the sure number of new kids every year make it a lot different than what we have in pro sports.

If football is not going to be dropped and athletes are going to get paid then I think a CBA has to happen. My gut a couple years ago is that it would happen and now ADs are saying it out loud so that makes me feel confident it is coming. They certainly did not want to go that route and that is why they are just now bringing it up publicly but it is the only legal way out of a lot of this mess with football. Players will give up some things like unlimited transfers, those making extreme salaries now would be making less, etc but they will gain a lot as well. A big thing they would gain is there would be a body who would now establish requirements for agents because now it is the wild west in college. The NFL has standards for agents so their players get better representation and don't have to pay nearly what college players are paying their agents.

I think we get an antitrust exemption first and once that happens, there would no longer be a need for a CBA as the NCAA, or whatever private entity is set up to do what the NCAA now does, would have all the power again. I am sure Congress will want to see some sort of guidelines to ensure that things don't go as far backwards as they once were, but not sure unionization and CBA is the answer. Some AD's are talking about a CBA now but I don't hear any Presidents or Chancellors talking about unionization and employee status at all. Without the Universities recognizing student athletes as employees there is no union and without a union there is no collective bargaining. I just don't know if I see the schools coming around to that yet. It may happen; I just don't see it at this point.

ADs are starting to say they think we will have a CBA and having an antitrust exemption is what you do to get a CBA. I think you are right that schools won't be ready now but give it a few more years and they will. More and more ADs are going to start admitting it publicly. I wish they would all vote for it now though. Not sure how much you know on the NFLPA but they don't have a blanket antitrust exemption. The whole reason you have a CBA is to protect the NFL from challenges when the league negotiate over terms and conditions of employment. I think that is what we will need because of Title IX and non-revenue sports.

Here is a link to the history of the NFLPA to see how it all started. I fully expect articles about how a CBA and CFPA are formed like this one day: https://nflpa.com/about/history/1956-the-beginning